Poultry-coop.



E. E. ARNOLD.

POULTRY COOP.n

APPLICATION FILED JAN. v, 191s,

1,084,836. Patented Jan.20,1914.

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EDGAR E. ARNCLD, OF SANDWICH, ILLINOIS.

POULTRYCOOP.

Application led January 7, 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

Serial No. 740,661.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR E. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sandwich, in the county of Dekalb, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultry-Coops; and l. dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in poultry coops, and has for itsobject to so construct a device of this character that the same may beeasily and quickly set up for use and knocked down so as to occupy avery small amount of space when not in use.

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide a coop of this type whichwhen in its folded or knocked down position will occupy a minimum amountof space so that the same may be conveniently stored or transported.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formation, combinations and arrangementsof parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of thedevice.

Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a verticalsectional view. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the device in its foldedposition. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is asimilar view on line 7--7 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a similar view on line8-8 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a bottom, which ispreferably formed from sheet metal, and it will be understood that thesame may be formed from wood if desired. Rising from the side edges ofthe bottom 1 are side strips 2, the rear edges of which are connected bya back strip 3, the front edges of said bottom being unobstructed sothat the coop may be conveniently cleaned. The rear ends of thesidestrips 2 are provided with shoulders 4 which form in conjunction withthe edges of the back strip 3 sockets 5 in which are pivotally connectedthe lower ends of the posts 6, similar posts 7 being provided and havingtheir lower ends pivotally connected in recesses 8 formed in the forwardedges of the side strips 2. The posts 6 and 7 are connected at their`upper ends by bars 9, and

near their lower ends by bars 10, said bars being braced by thediagonally disposed strips 11, which in conjunction with the posts 6 and7 and bars 9 and 10 form the sides 12 of the coop.

To limit the outward swinging movement of the sides 12 metallic plates13 are provided and close one side 0f the socket-s 5, said platesengaging the posts thus accomplishing this purpose. The plates 13 aresecured at their opposite ends to the side strips 2 and ends of the backstrips 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Metallic plates le are secured to the forward ends of the side strips 2and have their outer ends bent at right angles to form fianges 15, saidianges being perforated for the reception of the screws 16, which passthrough the lower ends of the posts 7 and engage the ends of the sidestrips 2, thus pivotally connecting said posts.

The back 17 consists of side posts 18, the upper ends of which areconnected by a bar 19, a similar bar 20 being connected at its oppositeends near the lower ends of the posts 18. The bars 19 and 20 areconnected by diagonally disposed brace bars 21 similar to the bars 11carried by the sides 12. The extreme lower ends of the posts 18 arepivotally connected to the side strips 2 so that the same will engagethe back strips 3 to limit the outward swinging movement of the back 17.Thus when the sides 12 are in their unfolded positions and engage theplates 13 and 14, the back 17 bears against the back strip 3, the postsof the sides 12 bear against the posts 18 of the back 17, and when thefront 22 is in its set up position the top 23 may be then operated tohold the back, side and front in there rigidly.

The front 22 consists of upper and lower bars 24 and 25, respectively,the outer ends of which are connected by vertical posts 26. Arrangedbetween the posts 26 is a plurality of vertical parallel spaced bars 27which have their upper and lower ends connected to the bars 24 and 25respectively. It will be noted that the innermost bars 27 are spaced agreater distance apart than the remaining ones, and slidably engagingsaid innermost bars is a horizontally disposed sill 28 to which issecured the lower ends of the bars 29, said bars forming in connectionwith the sill 28 a sliding door 30 so that access may be had to theinterior of the coop without necessitating the unfastening of the top23. The bar 25 of the front 22 has its opposite ends bearing against theforward ends of the side strips 2, and are pivotally connected theretoby suitable securing devices.

The top 23 consists of a rectangular frame 31 which is hingedlyconnected to one of the sides 12, a slatted frame 32 being hingedlyconnected to the inner edge of the frame 31.

One of the side bars 33 of said frame' is pro` upon the bar 9 of one ofthe sides 12. The

sides 12 and back 17 are covered with wire fabric 40, or if desired thesame may be covered with a cloth fabric.

When it is desired to foldl the coop it is only necessary to swing thetop 23 upwardly whereupon the back 17 is swung downwardly upon thebottom 1 andthe front 22 folded upon the back, after which the sides 12are folded in overlapping relation upon the front. The top 23 beinghingedly connected to one of the sides is then folded upon the uppermostside 12, thereby compactly folding the coop as Shown in Fig. 5. Fromthis construction it will be noted that the lower bars 10 of the sides12when in their unfolded position rest upon the upper edges of the side'strips 2, this in addition to the plates 13 and 14 firmly brace saidsides.

What is claimed is A coop of the' class described comprising a bottomhaving side and back strips secured thereto, sides pivotally connectedto the side strips, plates carried by the side strips and engaging thesides to limit the outward swinging movement thereof, a back pivotallyconnected to the' side strips and adapted to engage the back strip tolimit the outward swinging movement of said back, a front pivotallyconnected between the forward ends of the 4side strips, said frontconsisting of upper and lower bars, the upper bar being provided with aplurality of alined perforations, a plurality of vertical bars arrangedbetween the upper and lower bars, a sill slidably mounted on certain ofthe vertical bars, bars carried by the sill and operable in theperforations of ythe top bar, a top hingedly connected to one of thesides, said top having one of its bars provided with perforations whichregister with the perforations in the top bar of the front, whereby whensaid sill is moved upward-ly, the bars carried thereby may pass throughthe registered perforations so that access may be had to the interior ofthe coop. 'i

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDGAR E. ARNOLD. Witnesses:

L. R. SAWYER, RUPP SMITH.

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